Emblem holder for automobiles



Feb. 10, 1931.

W. F. PRICE EMBLEM HOLDER FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed Jan. 25, 1929 WITNEssEs1'9 Z'oiq.

A TTORN E YS Patented Feb. 10, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WILBURPRICE, OF ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR '1'0 L. F. GRAMMES 82; SONS,INC., OF ALLEN TOWN, 'PENNSYLVANIA, A. CORPORATION OF MARYLANDIEHVIBIlIillVI HOLDER FOR AUTOMOBILES `Application file January 25,1929. Serial No. 384,924.

This invention relates to holder devices useful in attaching clubemblems and the like to automobiles and other Vehicles.

Since the advent of theradiator shutters now almost universally adoptedin connection with automobiles, it is impossible to attach emblemsldirectly to the radiators as has been the custom in the past.

This exigency I aim to meet through provision of a simple andinexpensive holder clevice capable of being attached to the supportordinarily serving the license tags, and moreover of being made fastwith the same securing means employed for the tags.

A further aim of my invention is to provide, in connection with a holderhaving the above attributes, for adjustment so that it may be adapted toemblems of different sizes and shapes.

Still other objects and attendant advantages of this invention will bemanifest from the following detailed description of the typicalembodiments illustrated in the attached drawings. Fig. I shows themanner in which one form of my improved emblem channel section such asis ordinarily placed on automobiles crosswise between the frontalfenders and forward of the radiator, said bar being pierced as at I-I,II for passage of screws or other securing devices S, S employed infastening the license tag T. From Fig. III, which shows my improvedemblem holder in perspective, it will be observed i that the samecomprises an anchorage member cut to the form of a bar 10, in thisinstance, from comparatively thin strip metal of a width correspondingsubstantially to that of the channel bar B (Figs. I and II), and havingnear one end an aperture 11, and

at the other a slot 12 to register respectively with the holes H, H insaid channel bar B thereby to enable securing of the holder by the samescrews S, S that serve the tag T. Upstanding from the member 10 (in thiscase at the middle) is a mounting Vfor the emblem E, said mountinghaving the form of an arm 18 fashioned to tapered configuration fromsheet metal preferably of the same gage as that employed for theanchorage bar 10. the'lower end, this arm 18 is offset or jogged as at14 to embrace the anchorage bar 10- with the transverse Shouldersoccasioned as a consequence of such jogging, engaging the top and bottomedges of said anchorage bar, and with the upper part of the arm 13 flushwith the frontal surface of said bar-all as shown-so thatv the emblem Eis sustained beyond the province of the tag T but in the same plane. Thearm 13 may be made fast T permanently to the bar 10 in any convenientmanner, for example by riveting or spot welding as found most convenientin practice; or, if desired, the device as a whole maybe made integralfrom a single piece of sheet metal. A Vertical series of apertures 15 atthe top of the arm 13 allow for selectivity in inserting the upperfastening screw stud or bolt w of the embl'em E (Fig. I) while aVertical slot 16 is provided near the bottoin of the arm for passage-ofthe lower stud screwV or bolt y of said emblem. As a consequence of .thedescribed arrangement compensation may be made for Variations in thespacing of the studs or bolts w, y, and the emblem E properly arrangedvertically relative to the tag T.

In attaching the holder on thesupporting bar B, I preferably place itsanchorage bar 10 behind the upper margin of the license tag T so as toavoid obscuring any portion of the latter, the manner of procedure beingso obvious from the illustrations as to preclude the necessity forspecial detailed description. It is however importantto note, in thisconnection, that any irregularities or Variations in the spacing of theholes H are allowed for by virtue of the slot 12 in the anchorage bar 10of the holder. If desired, the emblem holder can obviously be used ininverted position, i. e. withthe arm 18 extending down- At a ward. Insuch case, the license tag T is of course secured to the supporting barB so as to be sustained above the latter With the screws S, S passingthrough the bottom apertures H', H', and the emblem E displayed beneathsaid tag.

In Fig.v IV, I have shown an alternative form of my invention wherein,instead of a single central emblem mounting, I provide a mounting whichcomprises a pair of arms 16, 16 in spacially fixed relation, said armshaving' outwardly flanking,` extensions 17, 17 at their upper ends withapertures to take the fastening studs or bolts w', y' of an elongated oroval emblem E'. As described in connection with the arm 13 of theprevious embodiment the arms of the alternative form are jog'ged at thebottom andvsecured in a like manner to the anchorage bar 19a.

Fig'. V shows still another modification which Combines all the featuresof the other two, the arms 136. 166 being however here removably securedby screws 18, 19, respectively, so that they may be interchangeably usedin accordance with the style of the emblem which is to be supported. Afurther Variation Will be observed in that the side arms 166 arepositionallv shiftable on the anchorage bar 106 for adjustment relativeto each other or to the arm 136, said bar being to this end providedwith slots 20 for passage of the screws 19. It is further to be remarkedfrom Fig. V that the Shoulders formed as a consequence of jogging of theside arms 166, serve as guides incident to sliding along the anchoragebar 106, and that thevl nioreover prevent rotation of said arms aboutthe screws 19 during adjustment. The holder of Fig. V can thus beadapted to any-size or shape of emblem likely to be met With in actualpractice.

Having thus described my invention, I claini 1. A combinationlicense tagand emblem holder for automobiles or the like comprising an anchoragecomponent having an aperture near one end with a slot proximate theother, and a mounting embodying, recession slidably coactivc with saidanchorage and an eX- tension adapted to sustain an emblem beyond theprovince of-but in the same plane as the license tag.

2. A combination license tagland emblem holder for aut-omobiles or thelike comprising an` anchorage bar havingr an aperture near one, end witha longitudinal slot proximate the other, and an .emblem mountingextending from such anchorage. bar with its lower end offset to. engagethe edges of said bar Whereby the emblem is sustained beyond theprovince of-but in the same plane as the license tag.

3. A combination license tag and emblem holder for automobiles orthe/,likev comprising an anchorage vbar having an aperture near one endwith a longitudinal slot proxi'mate the other, and an emblem mountingextending from such anchorage bar with its lower end offset to engagethe upper and lower edges of said bar whereby the emblem is sustainedbeyond the province of-but in the same plane as the license tag, saidmonnting being provided With a Vertical series of apertures and analigned slot for selective connection and adjustable attachment of theemblem.

4. A combination license tag and emblem holder for antomobilcs or thelike comprising an a'nchorage bar having an aperture near one end with alongitudinal slot proximate the other, and a plurality ofinterchangeable adjustable mountings jointly afl'ording support for anemblem, said mountings embodying offset poi'tions ad apted to engage theanchorage bar with apertul'es and slots for selective connection andadjustable attachment of the emblem beyond the province of-but in thesame plane 'asthe license tag.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name at Allentown,Penna., this 23ml day of January, 1929.

lVILBUR F. PRICE.

